XPost: sci.physics.relativity   
   From: bill.sloman@ieee.org   
      
   On 14/02/2026 10:15 am, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:40:25 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.   
   > Lodder) wrote:   
   >   
   >> hBill Sloman  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 13/02/2026 2:20 am, J. J. Lodder wrote:   
   >>>> Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 11/02/2026 22:39, john larkin wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:09:43 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.   
   >>>>>> Lodder) wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> john larkin  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Why are physics types so often insulting and obnoxious?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Their big big problem is their inability to suffer fools gladly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Indeed - although it can look rather cruel to onlookers.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I'm curious though is the Demon brand still existent in demon.nl ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Of course not.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Or is your handle a throwback to times past? Ping says domain not found.   
   >>>>> It was exorcised in the UK soon after Vodaphone got their hands on it.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not a throwback, I never changed it.   
   >>>> It was valid, once, despite saying 'nospam'.   
   >>>> There is also a Reply-To: header for serious replies, if really needed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> Linked to their enthusiasm to call people fools.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> When the cap fits...   
   >>>>> You are arguing out of ignorance and unwilling to learn.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Eh, you are replying to several people at once.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>>>> I've been to physics meetings that shocked me with their brutality.   
   >>>>>>>> That mentality is terrible for brainstorming and inventing things.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> They are professionals amongst themselves. They can take it.   
   >>>>>>> Brutality is what keeps the brainstorming in check,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> For sure.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Physicists have heard all of the deranged objections to Einsteins theory   
   >>>>> of relativity and general relativity so many times before that they are   
   >>>>> not inclined to give any quarter to hand waving wannabes like you.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Eh, I guess that 'john larkin' is an innocent bystander from   
   >>>>  who got a bit lost.   
   >>>   
   >>> John Larkin has been the most prolific poster on sci.electronics.design   
   >>> since I started posting here around 1996. He's not innocent - his main   
   >>> aim is to get flattered, and he's not good enough at electronics to earn   
   >>> the kind of praise that he seeks. He's not bad at it, just not as good   
   >>> as he likes to think.   
   >>   
   >> On my first impression he is just another loudmouth   
   >> who is uncritically regurgitating third-hand 'knowledge'   
   >> about non-electronics subjects.   
   >   
   > I'm sometimes curious about physics and things. I post to s.e.d. but   
   > somehow some unfriendly physics types got involved.   
      
   John's credulous "curiosity" has lead him to recycle a lot of fatuous   
   climate change denial propaganda on sci.electronics.design   
      
   >> I may be mistaken of course.   
      
   You aren't.   
      
   > I just design electronics for amusement. For odd some reason, people   
   > sometimes pay me too.   
      
   His grasp of what constitutes "design" isn't great.   
      
   > https://highlandtechnology.com/Testimonials   
   >   
   > Physics can be fun sometimes too.   
   >   
   > https://www.llnl.gov/article/48771/nif-welcomes-100000th-visitor   
      
   Some physicists do seem to tolerate pretty dubious electronic design.   
   Review of Scientific Instruments has published some very inept   
   electronics, and I've published comments to that effect there.   
      
   --   
   Bill Sloman, Sydney   
      
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